The Middle Part was as dry as the Sahara Dessert

Didn't really intend on picking this drama up (and I really shouldn't have), but the first several episodes were pretty darn amazing, I love my scammers scamming bad people drama cliche alot so i have enjoyed quite a number from this genre regardless of the writing (see leverage, mad dog etc). And they did the scamming pretty cooly too, hardly seen breaking of the fourth wall and there were a good number of cool shots that are pretty rare in dramas.

But then the middle part came and let me tell you I felt like I got scammed into watching this (pun intended), the main cast kind of stopped scamming people to give a backstory that while interesting was presented in a very questionable order and convoluted way that made me care less as the episodes went on. I thought officer park (the probation officer guy) and mo jae in had a pretty interesting relationship going on with all the backstory but it wasn't really developed in the end and it felt weird that they were promoted as leads for this drama as well

The acting kind of saved the show and at least made me finish it but i definitely had to force myself through more than a hand ful of episodes (like 6 eps), really a waste of talent, if only they had kept that intial sparkle and kinda speedy story from the first few episodes, it would have great

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The acting is good and the overall story is there but...

I really enjoyed the combination of actors in this drama and of course woo do hwan never disappoints with his characters particularly the archetype of hansoo which he plays very well. Bona and N also impressed me in the first half but I feel likee as the story went on the princess became more and more one dimensional, yes she was almost a bird trap in a cage but why did we not see pull more power in the palace, even if the royal family standing was weak, she could have done something right? or at least tried because it felt like the last 2-4 eps were just showing scenes that happened at different times without showing how we got to each of these scenes resulting in this lack of depth to the emotion the characters were experiencing because we didn't get to see how they got there, particularly the time skip and the last scene like at least tell me how they all reunited again?? but I did like the message and themeing across the whole show about justice and writing the first edition and revised edition of the law, just wish they could have focused more on that rather than what we were given.

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This show would be better if we remove the last 20minutes

It took me a while to get pass what I feel is questionable CGI but afterwards each door was really interesting really well written and i liked the plot twists both in each door and for the overarching story line quite clever

I'm ok with the hold back on the BL cause it feels like this show wasn't intended to be a full blown BL in the first place

Box demon was definitely the best door out of everything and I throughly enjoyed the characters and their interactions though some parts of the acting could have been better i got emotionally attached to a number of characters

Which only amplified the problems of the ending WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY DONT EXIST (and dont get me wrong i could totally get what they are going for in the ending like abit of a blur between reality and virtual and sort of a unhealthy obsession with the ideal virtual world instead of reality "illusion of life" much but the way they do it is a big sigh)

The problem is the ending or like half of the ending (i was watching the 38 episode version on viu). Like they could have spun it in so many ways given how well they built the story up but they spun it in such a random out of nowhere way that it detracts from the story and now i wish i would have stopped 20 minutes before and pretended the show ended there, that would have been better.

I was so annoyed by the ending i went to look for the original and I think the original at least made more sense than whatever was given sigh.

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